At 04:57 PM 2/28/01 -0500, Dirk Wright (in reply to Rich [Doggre@xxxxxxx])
wrote:
>
>I just got home from work. No power. Traffic lights are off all over.
>Traffic is nuts. EVERYBODY left for home at once. It's like the Friday
>before the 4th of July or Labor Day.
>
Uh, how did you send this email if you no got'em power???
I'm guessing either (a) a laptop and a dial-up (phone systems use battery
power when the mains go off-line) or (b) power outages are sporadic and
geographically randomized, and Rich's domicile is "lucky."
My wife's in Vancouver, Canada today for work-related meetings. There are
no reports of serious damage or injuries there, but as one radio announcer
pointed out, that's possibly because they're having a hard time getting
through to Van. I've tried my wife's pager, and I'm getting nowhere. If
it was a 7.0 near Seattle, it's gotta be a 5.5 or 6.0 at Van. Damn! Wish
I could get through...
Garth
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